I'm a girl who loves to play with all sorts of crafty stuff and fit in exercise too... and will be Moving More and Eating Well in 2012. And yes, I do come back into the house because I forgot something almost every time I leave - stupid bell!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Um, yeah... about that fast I was going to start today...

First, hooray! I love hearing about all of the meetings that our President-Elect keeps scheduling - as my hubby says, it was so nice to vote for someone and not against the other guy (or for the "lesser of two evils").

Next - OMG, did I have a terrific time this weekend at The Gathering! It is the biannual conference for the Northeast Handspinners Association and I learned so much! I took three amazing classes that I'll discuss later, but I have to confess something right now... I think it was fiber fumes...

Well, last night I happened upon eBay for a moment and for the heck of it looked up Spinning Wheels - I do this every once in a while just to see what's there. God knows, I don't really need a 4th one - and I love the ones that I have. Well... there was a listing for the following:

I don't really know a whole lot about this spinning wheel. It is a nice hard wood and seems to be in good condition and all there I have a spinning equipment glossary of parts and it does all seem to be here.I can not find any marking on itIt comes with 2 hand cards and 4 books Golden Press Step by step Spinning and dyeing by Eunice SvinickiHand spinning Art Technique by Allen FanninSpinning your own Yarn by American Wool CouncilSpinning Wool Dryad Leaflet 83Will arrange for local pickup only (no shipping). Location: Melrose, MA

Now, if the package had not said that last part about local pick up only and had Melrose, MA not been within 10 miles of my house... and at that time the whole package not been listed for only $105, um, yeah, well... I put in a bid... a whole $112.63 (I've always bid weird prices like that) and at the end of my lunch break I received an e-mail that I had won it. OH MY! Now what do I do? Maybe my friend Laurie might learn to spin after all!

1. The Spunky Fiber Club - this is automatic and very affordable2. Accessories only that are needed to finish a project (ie. buttons for a sweater, envelopes for my Christmas cards...)

But that's it. And now that I've put it in writing, I'm sticking to it! I, like everyone I know, have WAY too much stuff to play with. Sorry all you vendors out there that I love so much, you'll have to wait see me in May 2009.